FEATURED EVENTS
Devex World
July 12, 2022
Online and in-person
This year, 1,000 thinkers, doers, change-makers, and expert practitioners will once again converge in person for Devex World in Washington, D.C. Attendees to the fourth edition of this unique global development event can expect a full day of inspiring, interactive, and collaborative sessions with one focus: turning ideas into action.
EVENTS FROM JANUARY TO JUNE 2022
June
Launch of UNESCO x MILA Publication on Artificial Intelligence
June 1
Online; Paris, France
Comprehensive sexuality education: A global learning and sharing symposium on health, well-being, values, and equity
June 1 to 3
Online; Paris, France
Stockholm+50
June 2-3
Online
66th meeting of the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Council of the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC)
June 15 to 16
Paris, France
Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics 2022: Recovery, Reform, and Business Environment
June 20 to 24
Washington, D.C.
UN Ocean Conference
June 27 to July 1
Lisbon, Portugal
Global Health Security Conference 2022
June 28 to July 1
Singapore
PAST EVENTS
January
TerraFund for AFR100: Financing Innovators That Restore Africa’s Landscapes
Jan. 11
Online
Water, Megacities and Global Change - Second International Conference
Jan. 11 to 14
Paris, France
Universities and the Sustainable Development Goals- Higher education conversation series
Jan. 13
Online; Paris, France
How Can We Build Trust in Latin America and The Caribbean | Launch of the DIA 2021
Jan. 13
Washington, D.C.
World Bank Tokyo Online Morning Seminar #132 “From Jobs to Careers : Apparel Exports and Career Paths for Women in Developing Countries”
Jan. 14
Tokyo, Japan
Stories to Watch 2022
Jan. 19
Online
Monetary Policy under Heterogeneity: Lessons From SMEs and COVID-19 Pandemiс
Jan. 20
Online
Roundtable on Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and Ethics of Genome Editing
Jan. 20
Online; Paris, France
Digitalization and Credit Scoring for Women SMEs: Part II - The Technical Challenges
Jan. 20
Online via Zoom
YAR High-Level Policy Conference “Addressing the impact of COVID-19 on Youth”
Jan. 24
Online; Paris, France
Launch of the Responses to Educational Disruption Survey (REDS) Report
Jan. 24
Online; Paris, France
OER Dynamic Coalition Webinar: Quality, Inclusive and equitable OER / Person with Disabilities (PwD)
Jan. 24
Online; Paris, France
Pre-Conference Workshops - African Kick-off Conference for the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development
Jan. 24 to 26
Nutrition Financing Week
Jan. 24 to 27
Online
Central Asian webinar on validation of the journalism education and training platform
Jan. 25
Online; Almaty, Kazakhstan
Healthy Oceans Tech and Finance Forum: Innovative Solutions for Asia and the PacificJan. 26 to 28
Online
UNESCO/EU Workshop on the Role of the Financial Sector in the Fight against Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Property
Jan. 27
Online; Paris, France
Launch of the 2021 G-FINDER Neglected Disease Report
Jan. 27
Online
February
ECOSOC Partnership Forum 2022
Feb. 2
Online
Out of the Shadows: The Impact of Amnesties on the Lives of Migrants
Feb. 8
Online; Youtube livestream
Global Disability Summit
Feb. 16-17
Online
Innovations in Tax Compliance: Building Trust, Navigating Politics, and Tailoring ReformFeb. 17
Online
Applications of the Statistical Performance Indicators
Feb. 17
Online
ADBI-PPS-OECD Workshop on Public Procurement for Innovation
Feb. 17
Online
Bangladesh Climate and Disaster Risk Atlas — Publication Launch
Feb. 17
Online
Just Give People Money. But How and When? Implications for the Pandemic Recovery
Feb. 17
Online
Building Resilience and Employment Opportunities for Youth Within Rural Economies in the Sahel
Feb. 17
Online
Introduction to World Bank Group Operations: Seminar for Parliamentarians
Feb. 22
Online
Launch Webinar: ADB-ADBI Innovation and Structural Transformation Database
Feb. 22
Online
Future of Water in Agriculture in Albania
Feb. 22
Online
Digital CAREC Virtual Policy Dialogue: Analysis of the Regional Digital Gap
Feb. 23
Online
The Sustainability of Asia’s Debt
Feb. 23
Online
Civil Society Engagement for Development Effectiveness
Feb. 23 to 24
Online
Indonesia-Japan Policy Research Forum for Asia: Enhancing MSMEs’ Innovation and Competitiveness: The Role of Finance and Digital Technology
Feb. 23 to 24
Online
Digital, the Door to a Better World: Digital Government Strategy and Cases in Korea
Feb. 24
Online
SOS Sahel’s localization journey
Feb. 24
Online
Second Digital Mashreq Forum
Feb. 24
Online
Does Tourism have a Future in the Pacific?
Feb. 24
Online
Digitalization and Credit Scoring for Women SMEs: Part III - Implementation Challenges
Feb. 24
Online
Virtual Conference on Technology Transfer and Firm Competitiveness
Feb. 24 to 25
Online
Call for Papers: Civil Society Program (CSP) of ADB’s 55th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors
Feb. 25
Online
2022 Human Development Conference
Feb. 25 to 26
Online
ADBI-Toyo University Program on City-Wide Inclusive Policy and Innovation in Sanitation in Asia: Focus on Japanese Experiences
Feb. 27 to March 6
Online
March
Report Launch: Prospects for Transitioning from a Linear to Circular Economy in Developing Asia
March 1
Online
G2P Digitization in Series Colombia: Innovations in the delivery of Ingreso Solidario
March 2
Online
ADBI-ADB-KDI Conference on Effective Public Debt Management and Fiscal Sustainability in the Post-COVID-19 Era
March 2 to 4
Online
#Infra4dev Conference: Infrastructure, Recovery & Growth: Building out from the Pandemic
March 3 to 4
Online via Zoom
Virtual Business Opportunities Seminar 2022 with India Exim Bank
March 4
Online
Fragility Forum 2022
March 7 to 15
Online; Washington, D.C.
Launch of Publication “Effects of AI on Women’s Work”
March 8
Online; Paris, France
Impactful Women : Examining Opportunities and Constraints for Women in Mining Organizations Worldwide
March 9
Online
Launch of Online Course Content of MOOC on AI and the Rule of Law
March 14
Online; Paris, France
Debt Management Facility Stakeholders' Forum 2022
March 14 to 16
Online
Fighting on Two fronts: Climate Justice and Gender Rights
March 17
Online
United Nations Introductory Training on Sustainable Financing Instruments for an Inclusive Recovery: Week 4
March 21 to 25
Bangkok, Thailand
9th World Water Forum
March 21 to 26
Dakar, Senegal
Data from Secondary Markets: Insights and Implications for Development
March 22
Online; YouTube livestream
DigiTalk on De-Risking Digital Investments: Incorporating Cybersecurity and Digital Resilience into the Development Agenda
March 22
Online
Data from Secondary Markets: Insights and Implications for Development
March 22
Online
Gendering the Green City in an Era of Climate Breakdown
March 22
Online
Arab Regional Consultation for the revision of the UNESCO 1974 Recommendation concerning education for international understanding, co-operation and peace
March 22
Online; Lebanon
International Assistance mechanism - informative session for the Asia and Pacific region
March 22
Online; Paris, France
Launch of the International Science and Evidence based Education (ISEE) Assessment
March 22
Paris, France
Launch in Brazil of the Global Education Monitoring Report 2021/2 - Non-state actors in education: Who chooses? Who loses?
March 22
Online; Brasilia, Brazil
Groundwater, climate change and biocultural resilience in UNESCO designated sites in Latin America and the Caribbean
March 22
Online, Montevideo, Uruguay
Women and youth at the frontlines of the climate change response
March 22
Online; Paris, France
Asia-Pacific Rural Development and Food Security Forum 2022
March 22 to 24
Online
Parliamentary Dialogue Series: Accelerating legal equality for women’s economic inclusion
March 23
Online
Sustainable ExchangE Development Series: Korea
March 23
Online
Virtual Workshop on Low-Carbon Cooling
March 23 to 25
Online
How to get back to normal
March 24
Online
Launch of UNESCO x MILA Publication on AI
March 28
Online; Paris, France
Global Education Coalition annual meeting
March 28
Online; Paris, France
Annual Meeting of the Boards of Governors of the IDB and IDB Invest
March 28 to April 1
Online; Washington, D.C.
International Assistance mechanism - informative session for the African, Arab and Central and Eastern European regions
March 29
Online; Paris, France
Africa Community Forum: Climate-Smart PPPs for a Green, Resilient and Inclusive Recovery
March 29
Online
Two Years On - COVID-19 Impacts on Gender Equality in Asia
March 29
Online
Fourth Meeting of the Technical and Scientific Advisory Group of the LAC UNESCO Sites Climate Change, Risk and Resilience Platform
March 29 to 31
Online; Montevideo, Uruguay
What's Next After Export-Oriented Industrialization?
March 30
Webex
Innovation Policy in the Post-COVID World Webinar Series
March 30
Online
ADBI-ADB-Korea University Institute for Future Growth Webinar on Environmental, Social, and Governance Regulation
March 30
Online
Virtual Business Opportunities Seminar 2022 with France
March 30
Online
214th session of the UNESCO Executive Board
March 30 to April 14
Paris, France
Connecting across Borders: South Asia's Digital Opportunity
March 31
Online
Call for Papers: Civil Society Program (CSP) of ADB’s 55th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors
March 31
Online
Advancing an equitable G20 health response to Covid-19
March 31
Online
Launch of the Publication "Toward a More Inclusive Post-COVID Recovery" in the Caribbean
March 31
Online; Kingston, Jamaica
AI and education: guidance for policy-makers: regional launch for Gulf States
March 31
Online; Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
April
Political Economy Seminar: Political Power, Elite Control, and Long-Run Development: Evidence from Brazil | Monica Martínez Bravo (CEMFI)
April 1
Online via Zoom; Washington, D.C.
Launch of Comic Strip on Artificial Intelligence for Youths
April 1
Online; Paris, France
Call for Research Proposals: Trade Facilitation in CAREC - A 10-year CPMM Perspective
April 1
Online
Futures Literacy Lab: The Future of Queer Safe Spaces 2050
April 3
Online; Nottingham, United Kingdom
Civil Society Policy Forum Spring Meetings 2022
April 4 to 15
Online
IMF Inspired - Vaccinating the World
April 5
Online
Webinar: Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) in EU international partnerships
April 5
Online; Belgium
AI and the Rule of Law MOOC Discussion on Digitalizing the Justice System
April 5
Online; Paris, France
Asia and the Pacific Transport Forum 2022
April 5 to 7
Online
XVII Annual Meeting LAC Debt Group
April 5 to 7
Online
Webinar: Water and Adaptation
April 6
Online; Belgium
Economic Recovery: Toward a Green, Resilient, and Inclusive Future
April 6
Online
ADBI-Stanford University Policy Dialogue on Innovative Solutions for Achieving City-Wide Inclusive Sanitation
April 6
Online
IMF Seminar: Averting a COVID-19 Debt Trap
April 6
Online
Online Youth Water Congress on "Emerging water challenges since COVID-19”
April 6 to 8
Online; Athens, Greece
Rethinking Debt: Financing the Future Amid Crisis
April 7
Online
Improving the Multilateral Pandemic Response
April 7
Online; Youtube livestream
EconNet: The Effect of Social Media on Elections: Evidence from the United States | Thomas Fujiwara (Princeton University)
April 7
Online; Washington, D.C.
IMF Seminar: A Critical Year for Climate Action: A Conversation between Kristalina Georgieva and John Kerry
April 7
Online
Key Green Transitions: How Systems Are Changing for People and Planet
April 8
Online
IMF Seminar: Debate on the Global Economy
April 8
Online
COVID-19: Vaccines for Developing Countries
April 9
Online
Futures Literacy Lab: The Future of Queer Safe Spaces 2050
April 10
Online; Nottingham, United Kingdom
Book Launch: COVID-19 and Potential for Economic Recovery in the CAREC Region
April 11
Online
Netexplo Forum
April 14 to 15
TBA
Structured Financing Dialogue with Member States
April 14 to 21
Online; Paris, France
Third Ad hoc subcommittee on Cultural Property Protection: Monitoring and supervision of the implementation of the 1999 Second Protocol
April 19
Paris, France
Think20-Associated Webinar on Rethinking Social Protection Reform in the Post-Pandemic Recovery
April 21
Online
AI and the Rule of Law MOOC Closing Event
April 21
Online; Paris, France
Official High-level launch event of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages
April 22
Paris, France
FintechLAC: A Consolidated Fintech Ecosystem towards Recovery
April 26 to 28
Online
Code4Dev: Learn to deploy the open-source tool Víasegura
April 28
Online
Towards a shared vision of inclusion in education: fostering stakeholder dialogue on legislation and policy
April 28
Online; Paris, France
May
55th ADB Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors
May 2 to 5
Colombo, Sri Lanka
World Press Freedom Day Global Conference 2022
May 2 to 5
Hybird; Punta Del Este, Paraguay
Leaving no one behind: recommendations for inclusive and impartial humanitarian action
May 3
Online
The 9th South Asia Economic Network Conference on Social Norms and Gender Equality
May 4 to 5
Online
The African Kick-off Conference for the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development
May 10 to 12
Alexandria, Egypt
Policy Research Report: Financial Incentives for Effective Coverage in Health
May 11
Online; YouTube livestream
Policy Research Report Launch Event | Improving Effective Coverage in Health: Do Financial Incentives Work?
May 11
Online; Youtube livestream
Measuring Development 2022: The Role of Mobile Data in Global Development Research
May 11
Online
The 9th South Asia Economic Network Conference on Social Norms and Gender Equality
May 11-12
Online
How to design the social security of the 21st century for Latin America and the Caribbean?
April 13
Online
ADBI Virtual Workshop on Analyzing Infrastructure Impacts in Asia Through Big Data: Socioeconomic Spillover Assessment
May 16-18
Online
Supervisory Challenges and Green Transition in Post-pandemic Environment
May 17-18
Vienna, Austria
UNESCO World Higher Education Conference
May 18 to 20
Barcelona, Spain
Webinar on Artificial Intelligence and Facial Recognition
May 22
Online; Paris, France
World Bank Group Youth Summit 2022: Unlocking the Power of Inclusion for Equitable Growth
May 26 to 27
Hybrid; online and in-person in Washington D.C.
INTERNATIONAL OBSERVANCES
International Day of Education
Jan. 24
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Jan. 27
World Leprosy Day
Jan. 31
International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
Feb. 6
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Feb. 11
World Radio Day 2022
Feb. 13
World Day of Social Justice
Feb. 20
International Mother Language Day
Feb. 21
Zero Discrimination Day
March 1
World Wildlife Day
March 3
International Women's Day
March 8
International Day of Happiness
March 20
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
March 21
International Day of Forests
March 21
World Down Syndrome Day
March 21
World Water Day
March 22
World Meteorological Day
March 23
International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
April 6
World Health Day
April 7
International Mother Earth Day
April 22
World Bee Day
May 20
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
May 21
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